Blackie LeClerc Charlie Mange (first appearance of both; owners of the Mange & LeClerc Co.; managers of a group of boy fighters)
Other Characters:
Frederick Royden (a plantation owner; dies) Mrs. Royden (his wife) Tommy Royden (their son; goes by the alias "Brusier" Donovan as a boy fighter for Mange and LeClerc; dies) Pablo "the Killer" Sanchez (a boy fighter; dies; first appearance of all four) Medford Frank Perry (first appearance of all three; Frederick Royden's helpers)